Admirable

What GPU do you have? If it's the iGPU I'd expect it to be very laggy. with a 400W PSU it depends on how much you wanna spend and what power connecters you have on the PSU plus the make and model of the PSU.

What GPU do you have? If it's the iGPU I'd expect it to be very laggy. with a 400W PSU it depends on how much you wanna spend and what power connecters you have on the PSU plus the make and model of the PSU.

What GPU do you have? If it's the iGPU I'd expect it to be very laggy. with a 400W PSU it depends on how much you wanna spend and what power connecters you have on the PSU plus the make and model of the PSU.

Champion

Ouch! That only has 12A of +12V power available, so in any modern sense, it's a 144W PSU. It was never 450W -- rating PSUs for peak power isn't an actual thing -- and this was designed for 90s PCs, so it hasn't really been a 230W PSU in 25 years. And Power Logic is known for selling dodgy junk.

In other words, any GPU upgrade will require a new PSU, which will have to factor into the budget.

Ouch! That only has 12A of +12V power available, so in any modern sense, it's a 144W PSU. It was never 450W -- rating PSUs for peak power isn't an actual thing -- and this was designed for 90s PCs, so it hasn't really been a 230W PSU in 25 years. And Power Logic is known for selling dodgy junk.

In other words, any GPU upgrade will require a new PSU, which will have to factor into the budget.

Estimable

Even a card like a GTX 750 ti is going to BLOW your current away. If you find one that just has a PCIe connection, it's a 75W card.

In a case like this, and unless you have a whole system upgrade in your near future I would go as absolutely low priced as you possibly could. Even with a FAR better GPU as above, that's still dated and your system isn't going to take advantage of much more, if this.

Side note, there is a guy from Texas selling his 750 in the forum classifieds right now....

Champion

Yes. If that's the Corsair CX 450, that's a highly recommended budget PSU. Not amazing, but great for entry-level PCs and gets the job done. One of the posters here is almost certainly largely responsible for Corsair's budget lines improving immensely.

Distinguished

There are a LOT of B-series from EVGA, and they are NOT good. The B2 is known to be good, though.

Given EVGA's confusing (and in my view, misleading) system of naming, and their mix of good and bad PSUs, I'd avoid them UNLESS it's one of the ones from the PSU discussion sticky. Namely: B2, GQ, G2, G2L, G3, P2 and T2

Admirable

There are a LOT of B-series from EVGA, and they are NOT good. The B2 is known to be good, though.

Given EVGA's confusing (and in my view, misleading) system of naming, and their mix of good and bad PSUs, I'd avoid them UNLESS it's one of the ones from the PSU discussion sticky. Namely: B2, GQ, G2, G2L, G3, P2 and T2

Estimable

There are a LOT of B-series from EVGA, and they are NOT good. The B2 is known to be good, though.

Given EVGA's confusing (and in my view, misleading) system of naming, and their mix of good and bad PSUs, I'd avoid them UNLESS it's one of the ones from the PSU discussion sticky. Namely: B2, GQ, G2, G2L, G3, P2 and T2

I have to say that in a case like this I would absolutely use a budget rule I utilize. Select a cheap, name brand PSU where the rated output is only being used ~50% at max load for the proposed budget system.

I would absolutely go for a refurbished 600W white EVGA for $25 (when they come back) for something like this.

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